Southeast

Miami-Dade County will pay the Internal Revenue Service to settle a tax problem with a seaport revenue bond issue after the city sought a voluntary settlement.

The six-month hurricane season ended Sunday and left Florida's two publicly operated insurers in good financial health.

U.S. District Judge Sharon Blackburn on Tuesday said that Jefferson County can file a petition with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta in the county's bankruptcy appeal, while reframing the question, which is critical to holders of Jefferson County sewer warrants.

West Virginia told the EPA in comments filed Dec. 1 that its plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is “unprecedented” and “patently illegal.”

Kentucky fuel costs will fall 4.3-cents a gallon on Jan. 1, a drop that translates into a "crippling" loss of $129 million in state road funding, officials warned.

Alabama is facing a budget shortfall that could reach nearly $700 million in the next few years, according to Gov. Robert Bentley.

Broward County, Fla., has named Robert “Bob” Miracle as chief financial officer and director of the Finance and Administrative Services Department.

Kentucky's Paducah Power System board will be asked to take bankruptcy off the table as an option to deal with its struggling finances, said manager Mark Crisson, because the system is solvent.

Miami-Dade County plans to price $750 million of revenue bonds to refund bonds issued for capital improvements at Miami International Airport.

Northern Virginia Transportation Authority will sell $69 million of revenue bonds to finance regional transportation infrastructure.